Antony and Cleopatra / William Shakespeare ; edited by David Bevington ; David Scott Kastan, James Hammersmith, and Robert Kean Turner, associate editors ; with a foreword by Joseph Papp.
By: Shakespeare, William
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Contributor(s): Bevington, David M.
Series: A Bantam classic.New York, NY, U.S.A. : Bantam Books, ©1988Description: xxxvi, 186 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 0553212893 (pbk.).Subject(s): Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Drama | Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. -- Drama | Generals -- Rome -- Drama | Queens -- Egypt -- Drama | Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43-31 B.C. -- DramaGenre/Form: Tragedies.DDC classification: 822.33/Sh15 Other classification: CAS Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Sample text Summary: A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters-the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty-between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements.
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"Bantam edition with newly edited text and substantially revised, edited, and amplified notes, introductions, and other materials"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography: p. [178]-183.
A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters-the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty-between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements.
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